Rattlesnakes wrap up North Spring

Published 7:00 pm, Sunday, June 18, 2000

The Rivershire Rattlesnakes won their 22nd consecutive swimming meet recently, downing North Spring by over 100 points.

The Rattlesnakes took the meet 367 to 244, earning them their 27th win in their last 28 meets dating over a five-year period.

The victory puts Rivershire in a position to possibly win their fourth straight Division 13 championship, which will be held June 24 at Candlelight Hills.

Rivershire picked up their first win in the Boys 8 and Under 100 Yard Medley Relay as Levi Smith, John Dunn, Gage Trotter and John Sadler teamed up. Then Lisa Slaughter, Emily Crowder, Jill Sartin and Emily Kendrick took the girls race for another seven points.

The Rattlesnakes also won both the Boys and Girls 9-10 100 Yard Medley Relay races. For the girls the winners were Corinne Woodruff, Melissa Hannay, Kaylen Slaughter and Chera Smith. For the boys it was Andrew Ghazi, Curtis Pope, Austin Bewley and Taylor Wood.

The Rattlesnakes next win came in both the Boys and Girl 15-18 200 Yard Medley Relay events. Justin Gerstenberger, Jarrett Koch, Barrett Raven and Matthew Moore led the win for the victory. Then Grace Rabuck, Tara Garcia, Tia Williams and Jenna Hunt made up the successful foursome for the girls.

In the first individual event of the day Will Sadler and Zach Bodman were first and second in the Boys 6 and Under 25 Yard Freestyle race. Then Jordan Partin, Kelsi Trotter and Skylar Huddleston swept the girls event.

Rivershire kept it up in the next two events as well when Gage Trotter and John Dunn nabbed the top two spots in the Boys 7-8 race. Emily Kendrick followed that up by winning her race with teammates Shelbey Harrison and Jill Sartin right behind.

In the Boys 9-10 race Andrew Ghazi was the winner as second and third places went to Curtis Pope and Taylor Wood. Among the girls, the top finisher was Corinne Woodruff who placed second.

Jay Gantt-Kistler had the best finish in the 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle race, winning the event. He was joined on the winning side by Elizabeth Slaughter, Megan Gerstenberger and Ashley Rumbaugh who all swept the girls race.

Logan Hayter and Amy Brady both had the lone solid finishes for Rivershire in the 13-14 age group. Hayter was second for the boys with Brady ending up third among the girls.

A double sweep for the Rattlesnakes followed in the 15-18 category, as Grace Rabuck, Jenna Hunt and Jennifer Hassler took the top three spots in the girls race. For the boys it was Justin Gerstenberger, Jarrett Koch and Barrett Raven.

Rivershire added yet another sweep two events later when Jill Sartin, Emily Crowder and Myka Huddleston were tops in the Girls 8 and Under 25 Yard Breaststroke event.

In the Boys 9-10 event first and third places went to Taylor Wood and Austin Bewley. Meanwhile, in the girls event, it was Kaylen Slaughter ending up in second place.

The reverse happened in the 11-12 50 Yard Breaststroke races. Jay Gantt-Kistler was the runner up among the boys with Anna Beth Roberts winning the girls event and Ashley Rumbaugh behind in third.

Among the 13-14 boys Austin Wood finished second with Gary Jonika right behind in third. Sandy Garcia and Felicia Ramos matched that showing for the girls.

Jarrett Koch won the next race, taking the 15-18 title with Barrett Raven in third. For the girls it was Jennifer Hassler in second and Tia Williams placing third.

Zach Bodman and Will Sadler snatched the top two spots in the Boys 6 and Under 25 Yard Backstroke.

A few events later, Eric Simms won the Boys 10 and Under 100 Yard Individual Medley. In that same event Bjorn Fossmo was third place.

In the girls side of that event it was Emily Crowder taking second and Melissa Hannay in third place.

The Boys and Girls 11-12 IM races saw similar results with first and third places going to Megan Gerstenberger and Elizabeth Slaughter. Andrew Crowder and Jay Gantt-Kistler matched those finishes.

Ashley Moore had the high Rivershire finish in the 13-14 age category, ending up third in her race.

Justin Gerstenberger and Matthew Moore grabbed the first two places in the 15-18 race. Then Jenna Hunt was third place for the girls, earning one team point.

In the backstroke events again, it was John Dunn winning the 7-8 25 Yard race with Levi Smith the runner up. Third place among the girls went to Lisa Slaughter.

Rivershire earned a second and third place showing in the Boys 13-14 race with Austin Wood and Erik Fossmo doing the work. Sandy Garcia was the runner up in the girls race.

The final two backstroke races, in the 15-18 age group, saw two Rattlesnake sweeps. Justin Gerstenberger, Matthew Moore and Barrett Raven did it for the boys while the girls had Jennifer Hassler, Tia Williams and Beth Cooley end up on top.

First and third place in both the Boys and Girls 8 and Under 25 Yard Butterfly races went to Rivershire swimmers. They were Gage Trotter and John Sadler for the boys, and Emily Crowder and Emily Kendrick among the girls.

After Curtis Pope and Eric Simms snagged first and third place among the 9-10 Boys, Melissa Hannay and Chera Smith earned second and third place finishes in the girls event.

It was Elizabeth Slaughter coming out a winner in the Girls 11-12 50 Yard Butterfly race with teammate Ashley Rumbaugh in second. For the boys, Andrew Crowder won the event.

Logan Hayter earned a big victory in the Boys 13-14 event with Felicia Ramos the high girls swimmer, taking third place.

Matthew Moore and Tara Garcia then closed out the individual and Butterfly events as they both won in the 15-18 category. Leif Fossmo was third place in the boys race.

It was Ashley Rumbaugh, Elizabeth Slaughter, Megan Gerstenberger and Anna Beth Roberts that won the next race for Rivershire, taking the Girls 11-12 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.

Austin Wood, Erik Fossmo, Logan Hayter and Gary Jonika then followed it up with another victory in the 13-14 Boys event.

Rivershire won two more events in the day, taking both the Boys and Girls 15-18 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. The boys winners were Matthew Moore, Barrett Raven, Jarrett Koch and Justin Gerstenberger. For the girls it was Tia Williams, Jenna Hunt, Tara Garcia and Jennifer Hassler.